Hundreds of San Francisco protesters greet Trump

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Donald Trump concluded a rally in 110 degree Fahrenheit heat in Las Vegas on Sunday, just a day before he is scheduled to attend a virtual interview with probation officers ahead of his hush money trial defense team’s sentencing recommendation.

He started the rally by complaining about Joe Biden’s immigration policies, calling a recent move by Biden to halt asylum entries as “bulls***” and insisting that the president is not “old” but “incompetent.” He also hit his usual notes, telling voters they needed to “stop the steal” and railing against the press.

Meanwhile, the judge presiding over Trump’s hush money trial has alerted prosecutors and defense counsel about a Facebook comment from an apparent social media troll announcing a conviction one day before a jury handed down a guilty verdict. The comment has since been deleted.

This week Trump also took part in a wild interview with TV psychologist Dr Phil in which the Republican presidential candidate proclaimed that “sometimes revenge can be justified” as he looked ahead to a theoretical second term in the White House.

Dr Phil largely adhered to Trump’s conspiracy-laden point-of-view allowing false claims to pass unchecked, particularly regarding his recent conviction.

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New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg agrees to testify to Republicans in Congress after landing Trump guilty verdict

Bragg’s testimony comes at the demand of House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, who sent a letter last month stating that the DA and Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor on the case, participate in a House panel on 13 June.

Jordan, long a Trump loyalist, described the trial as an act of “unprecedented political prosecution” against the former president, according to The Hill.

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Trump to speak virtually at Southern Baptist Conference meeting on Monday

Donald Trump will give a virtual address on Monday to the Southern Baptist Conference’s annual meeting.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will speak the following day during a luncheon hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

The conference is expected to hold a vote on resolutions supporting Israel and blaming Hamas for the war in Gaza, for recommitting to anti-abortion activism, and for urging parents with infertility to consider “ethical” options for having a child.

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Trump to sit for virtual probation interview tomorrow ahead of sentencing over hush money conviction

Donald Trump will reportedly be interviewed by the Manhattan Criminal Court’s probation department tomorrow for use in the pre-sentencing recommendation and judge’s report.

Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying documents to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

The former president’s attorney, Todd Blanche, will be on hand for the interview, according to NBC News.

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Trump says only a ‘psycho’ would call war dead ‘suckers and losers’ – which a general says Trump did

During a rally Sunday in Las Vegas, the former president called the alleged comments “disinformation” reported by the “fake news.”

“Think of it from a practical standpoint, I’m standing there with generals and military people, in a cemetery and I look at them, I say, ‘These people are suckers and losers,’” he began.

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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who Donald Trump called a “celebrity” at his Las Vegas rally

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) gestures as people wait for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump to attend a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., June 9, 2024 (REUTERS)

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WATCH: Trump’s bizarre rant about electric boats and sharks

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Donald Trump ends his speech warning that the world is closer to World War III “than ever before”

Donald Trump ended his Las Vegas rally by warning the crowd that the world was closer to “World War III” than “ever before,” and said it would not be “World War II tanks and planes” fighting, but nuclear weapons being exchanged.

He also said the weapons possessed “never before seen” levels of power, apparently forgetting that the US dropped nuclear weapons on Japan at the end of World War II in 1945.

After his grave warning he thanked all the “celebrities” — Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, essentially — who attended his rally.

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Trump gives “first day” agenda if he is elected president

Donald Trump claims that in his first day, if elected president, he’s going to lock down the border, “drill baby drill” and drop energy prices “in half.”

He then claimed that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if he was president, and that Hamas would not have lauched its 7 October attack if he was president.

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Trump calls Capitol riot convicts “J6 hostages”

Donald Trump called Capitol riot convicts “J6 hostages” and “J6 warriors,” and says “all they were doing was protesting a rigged election,” and pushed the conspiracy theory that police encouraged the rioters to enter the Capitol.

Mr Trump then claimed, without evidence, that Joe Biden and the Justice Department were “going after Catholics” and Christians.

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Trump says he would enact the death penalty for drug dealers “in a second”

Donald Trump said there would be “no drug problem” in the US if drug dealer convictions were punished with the death penalty.

He said that the US was likely “not ready for it,” and said he would adopt the death penalty for drug offenses “in a second.”

Trump thens aid he discussed drug issues with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and praised China for having “quick trials,” that ended with death sentences, after which he was distracted by a nice breeze.

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